Synopses & Reviews
What happens when you want a different life to the one chosen for you? A story of desire, duty, deceit and revenge.
An innovative re-telling of an ancient Welsh myth Blodeuwedd from The Mabinogi, where nothing is quite as it seems. Rose cannot remember what came before the house at the edge of the isolated forest. Gwynne says he magicked her out of the flowers, but she's not so sure. She has played the part of the perfect farmers wife for Lewis, who is kept firmly in place by his uncle Gwynne, and accepted her lonely existence. Then a stranger is seen in the forest. What lengths will she go to, to escape the life chosen for her?
Using a cross-art form approach, this beautiful piece of storytelling will feature live music, dance, video, theatricalised sign and surtitles.
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A new play that uses a cross-art form approach featuring live music, dance, video, sign language and subtitles.
Synopsis
Rose cannot remember what came before the house at the edge of the forest. Gwynne says he magicked her out of the flowers, but she s not so sure. She has played the part of the perfect farmer's wife for Lewis, who is kept firmly in place by his uncle Gwynne, and accepted her lonely existence. Then a stranger is seen in the forest. How far will she go to escape the life chosen for her?
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An innovative re-telling of an ancient Welsh myth Blodeuwedd from The Mabinogi. Woman of Flowers skilfully brings into play theatrical sign language as the protogonists 'secret language.' What happens when you want a different life to the one chosen for you? A story of desire, duty, deceit and revenge.
About the Author
Kaite O'Reilly is a widely produced and prize-winning playwright whose awards include the Peggy Ramsay Award, the Theatre-Wales Award, the M.E.N. Best Play Award and the Ted Hughes Award for New Works in Poetry for her adaptation of
Persians, produced by National Theatre Wales in 2010. She was a finalist in the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and was shortlisted for the inaugural International James Tait Black Prize for Drama for her 2012 Cultural Olympiad commission
In Water Im Weightless, produced by National Theatre Wales/South Bank Centre. In 2014, she has productions in translation in Estonia, Belgium, and Taiwan.